| Description | Cotinus Coggygria, Smoketree
Purple Smoke Bush is a gem in the garden thanks to it's unique blend of colours that change throughout the seasons. A large deciduous shrub or small tree, its beautiful eye-catching Spring foliage is green overlaid with purple. Summer brings deep purple foliage that then turns deep orange and bronze in a burst of glory for an Autumn show.
Purple Smokebush gets its name from the clouds of smoke-like purple and pink "flowers" it produces in early Summer. These are very beautiful themselves, and are prized along with the foliage by florists. Grows best in full sun to partial shade and it is tolerant of drought and most soils, making it a great addition to many gardens.
10" pot size. | Pelargonium x hortorum ‘Big Pink' Geranium
The ‘BIG’ series of Pelargoniums will bring bright impact to your garden! Large, doubled blooms present themselves atop mid-green, compact foliage, setting a neat, yet exciting scene for most of the year. Give your garden a cottage feel by using baskets to hang them from lattice, retaining walls, fences or pergolas. The thick, mid-green foliage keeps a semi-trailing habit which means they will cascade in hanging baskets, or stay low-growing in the garden.
6″ pot size.
| Banksia spinulosa
Honeyeater Delight Banksia is a great, low-growing, compact grower reaching a maximum of 50cm tall and wide. Perfect for smaller areas, native gardens, features, and low flowering borders and also suitable for coastal locations. It has narrow serrate leaves and produces large golden flowering cones in autumn and winter.
| Quercus robur
English Oaks are famous for being solid and strong. The trunk and secondary branches are very solid and are covered in thick blackish-grey bark which makes it quite a sight.
The autumn foliage is a rich, dark brown. As the foliage is smaller than other deciduous trees, fallen leaves are not particularly difficult to eliminate and will not clog drains.
10"/25cm pot | Feijoa sellowiana 'Pineapple guava'
Feijoas are a fairly small evergreen tree with short oval shaped leaves, soft green on top and silvery underneath. Additional to the fruit they yield, they make great specimen trees or can be planted close together for screening and hedging.
Following bright red and white flowers, the Feijoa or Pineapple Guava will produce aromatic fruits around the size of an egg that remain green when ripe. They have perfumed pale cream flesh and their taste is a blend of pineapple and strawberry. |
| Additional information |
| height x width |
3m x 3m
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| features |
Attractive rounded purple foliage with a red tinge in spring and autumn, inflorescences appear in summer covering the bush like a cloud of smoke
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| conditions |
Full sun to part shade in well-drained soil
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| landscape use |
Specimen, feature, color contrast
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| Attracts |
Bees, Birds, Butterflies, Native Birds
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| Max Height |
0.5m
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| Max Width |
0.5m
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| Water Requirement |
Low
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| Tolerances |
Frost Tolerant, Salt Tolerant, Drought Tolerant
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| Soil Type |
Sandy, Well drained
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| Plant Type |
Perennial Shrub
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| Flowering |
Yes
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| Flower Colour |
Orange, Yellow
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| Foliage Colour |
Green
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| Flowering Time |
April, August, July, June, May
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| Sunshine |
Afternoon Sun, Full Sun, Midday Sun
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